Country Calendar

Season 50

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Country Calendar is a television series covering rural life in New Zealand. Established in March 1966 and screening every year since, it is New Zealand's longest-running television series. It is currently being shown for 30 weeks of the year at 7 pm Saturdays on Television New Zealand's TV ONE, and older episodes are screened nightly on Sky TV's Heartland channel.

Where to Watch Country Calendar • Season 50

30 Episodes

  • Dutch Courage
    E1
    Dutch CourageReturning: When a boutique family cheese-making business finds the price of milk is too high, they buy their own dairy farm, create more jobs within the family and win national awards for their cheese.
  • An Open Door
    E2
    An Open DoorA couple convert historic buildings into a farm-stay and encourage guests to get involved in day-to-day life on their sheep and beef farm. They find their visitors love the hands-on rural experience.
  • Season's Best
    E3
    Season's BestA 100-year-old orchard on the Hokianga Harbour passes into the hands of the next generation two sisters who couldn't face seeing the farm sold and have returned home to work the land.
  • Officer and a Gentleman
    E4
    Officer and a GentlemanThe far-sighted general who led the New Zealand troops at Gallipoli and in France during World War I came home to build a farming heritage that still flourishes in Hawkes Bay, three generations on.
  • Pig Tails
    E5
    Pig TailsA couple give up city corporate life to chase their dream of farming heritage breeds of pigs free-range, then develop their own range of small goods to sell at farmers markets and on-line.
  • Show Ponies
    E6
    Show PoniesOne teaches horse-riding, the other ballroom dancing, but a couple find common ground in their careers and personal lives and say both activities involve building successful partnerships.
  • Battling the Dry
    E7
    Battling the DryA couple successfully farm merinos in a low-rainfall area by ensuring the plants suit the different types of land on their North Otago farm.
  • The Good Earth
    E8
    The Good EarthA couple use biological farming methods on their Hawkes Bay farm, focusing on the health of the soil to improve the quality of their stock and crops.
  • Where Hills Meet Sea
    E9
    Where Hills Meet SeaFamily life on a remote but beautiful farm at French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds would be too tough for most, but Georgie Archbold loves it she was brought up on D'Urville Island nearby.
  • Flying Farmer
    E10
    Flying FarmerMatt Newton, a larger-than-life character who combines farming with flying helicopters, goes on a bush cattle muster with a group of volunteers seeking action and excitement.
  • Golden Harvest
    E11
    Golden HarvestFormer corporate high-flyer Debbie Campbell had no farming background when she left the city to buy an organic orchard but she loves her new life in Golden Bay and hasn't looked back.
  • Saddle Up
    E12
    Saddle UpThey say Kingi Winiata could ride before he could walk. Head stockman on a big Wairarapa station, the highlight of his year is riding with family and others up the coast to a horse sports event.
  • Hay Days
    E13
    Hay DaysOn a Marlborough almond orchard, a couple see their hard work blossom into sought-after nuts, and his engineering skills have created many labour-saving machines to improve production.
  • Soft and Silky
    E14
    Soft and SilkyA family of three women aim to produce top-quality suri fibre from the 150 alpacas at their Banks Peninsula stud. They farm organically, using a variety of other stock to minimise disease problems.
  • Farm Smarter
    E15
    Farm SmarterA Swiss German family love their new life farming in eastern Taranaki but they are always looking for ways to make the job easier, such as running Wiltshire sheep that dont need shearing.
  • Cowshed Candour
    E16
    Cowshed CandourA Kerikeri dairy-farming woman writes a newspaper column and helps others in the community, drawing on her own experiences. With her partner and children, theyre expanding their dairy herd.
  • A Hard Nut to Crack
    E17
    A Hard Nut to CrackOn a Marlborough almond orchard, a couple see their hard work blossom into sought-after nuts, and their engineering skills have created many labour-saving machines to improve production.
  • A Place to Stand
    E18
    A Place to StandThe tutors loves their jobs teaching young people agriculture skills on a marae-based training course near Ohakune and it gives the youngsters a chance to follow their dream of working on the land.
  • Vintner's Legacy
    E19
    Vintner's LegacyA wine-maker creates fine wine on one of Marlboroughs most prized parcels of land, while his daughters get hands-on, learning the ropes in the family business.
  • Boy Wonder
    E20
    Boy WonderAn 11-year-old boy strives to achieve the top award in his chosen field of showing cattle a red ribbon at the Auckland Easter Show.
  • Heritage Harvest
    E21
    Heritage HarvestA Southland couple propagate ancient apple varieties brought to the region by early settlers. And theyve converted a once-barren hectare of land into a lush forest of food.
  • Working the Tide
    E22
    Working the TideA Northland fisherman works the tides of the historic Kaipara Harbour in his small boat, catching flounder for export and for the locals in his community.
  • Go Girls
    E23
    Go GirlsWhen injury threatened a Whanganui womans future on her farm, a female neighbour stepped in to help. Now the two have started a new venture giving others a taste of back-country life.
  • Mushroom Magic
    E24
    Mushroom MagicA Swiss couple turn a childhood tradition of gathering wild mushrooms into a thriving business. They rediscover varieties that have grown in Nelson for years, ignored by the locals.
  • McDonalds Farm
    E25
    McDonalds FarmA couple breed Appaloosa horses on their small Southland farm and use them for trekking in the mountains and wilderness areas nearby.
  • The Good Life
    E26
    The Good LifeA couple achieve their dream of making wine and growing most of their own food on a patch of land near Martinborough but they face constant setbacks and challenges.
  • A Sound Investment
    E27
    A Sound InvestmentAs fish become scarce in the inner Marlborough Sounds, a father and son flounder fishing team join scientists in a bold attempt to re-seed stocks and improve future catches.
  • West Otago Winter
    E28
    West Otago WinterA couple relish the opportunity to manage a large high country station and raise their family in the rural community that exists in the district.
  • Nuts in May
    E29
    Nuts in MayA woman with a passion for trees hands her walnut orchard on to the next generation. One of their new moves is to produce nut-fed pork by grazing pigs under the trees to eat the rejects.
  • Milk and Water
    E30
    Milk and WaterSeries Final. A sixth generation Waikato dairy farmer and keen whitebaiter takes on a mammoth tree-planting project to preserve the water quality around his farm - for the fish, the birds, and for the future.

 

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